What Adolescents Say in Text Messages to Motivate Peer Networks to Access Health Care and Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing: Qualitative Thematic Analysis
Marguerita Lightfoot,
Chadwick Campbell,
Allysha C Maragh-Bass
et al.
Abstract:Background
While rates of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are extremely high among adolescents and young adults in the United States, rates of HIV and STI testing remain low. Given the ubiquity of mobile phones and the saliency of peers for youths, text messaging strategies may successfully promote HIV or STI testing among youths.
Objective
This study aimed to understand the types of messages youths believe were motivating and persuasive … Show more
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